Words, Photos, Thoughts by Sana Jamal

Category: Poetry

The year 2011 has officially been declared the ‘Faiz Centenary Year’. Faiz Ahmed Faiz – the first Asian poet to receive the Lenin Peace Prize (awarded by the Soviet Union in 1963) was also nominated for the Nobel Prize shortly before his death in 1984. One of the poems of Faiz in the voice of Zia… Read More Nisar Main Teri Galiyon ke Aey Watan…

One of my friend always use to say that true art or literature is timeless.. it remains true for all the times and people to come.. and I find the words below exactly the same. As they may have been written in 1934 but remain true for our nation in 2010 as well.. “Pity the… Read More Pity the Nation – Khalil Gibran (1934)